Traxler is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
located in
Alachua County
Alachua County ( ) is a county in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 278,468. The county seat is Gainesville, the home of the University of Florida.
History Prehistory and ear ...
,
Florida
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, just north of the city of
Alachua. The remnants can be accessed from
Interstate 75
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at
Alachua CR 236) (Exit 404), the northernmost interchange along I-75 in Alachua County.
History
William H. Traxler, son of settlers from
South Carolina
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, was born near the natural bridge in Columbia County in 1854. In the 1880s he acquired property in Alachua County on the
Bellamy Road, opened a general store, and began farming. He married the daughter of Simeon Dell, Mary Lelia, in 1889. Prospering, he increased his holdings and enlarged the commissary. The post office, established in 1891 with Mr. Traxler as postmaster, was discontinued in 1906. At one time the community had a one-room school, a number of tenant farm homes, a cotton gin, grist mill, and church.
, the Spring Hill United Methodist Church, which was founded in 1860, continued to meet in Traxler.
See also
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List of ghost towns in Florida
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Florida sortable by name, county, or coordinates. The county names are modern (as of 2018); in several cases, the ghost town, when inhabited, was in a different county than the modern one.
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Gallery
File:Traxler FL memorial01a.jpg, Memorial
File:Traxler FL Springhill Meth Church tall pano01.jpg, Springhill Methodist Church
File:Traxler FL road sign01.jpg, Sign for a road entering Traxler
References
External links
History of TraxlerSpringhill Methodist Church
Includes several pictures.
Former populated places in Alachua County, Florida
Ghost towns in Florida
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